Statistical Computing

Instructor:     SPECTOR, P C

Location:     MWF 9-10A, 330 EVANS

 

Prerequisites: Knowledge of a higher level programming language.

 

Course Description: Algorithms in statistical computing: random number generation, generating other distributions, random sampling and permutations. Matrix computations in linear models. Non-linear optimization with applications to statistical procedures. Other topics of current interest, such as issues of efficiency, and use of graphics.